Eating occasion:

Food program:

Food Stamp Program: Participation now and last 12 months, value of food stamps, when food stamps were last received, and household members eligible at time of survey.

School Lunch/Breakfast Programs: payment (full, reduced price, free) and frequency of participation for household members 5 through 18 years; participation in child care programs providing meals or snacks for household members 1 through 5 years.

WIC Program: Participation by individual and length of participation.

Food sufficiency:

Is the food eaten in your household: Enough of the kinds of food we want, enough but not always the kinds of food we want, sometimes not enough to eat, often not enough to eat?

If not enough, reason why household did not have enough.

Number of days last month did not have food or money to buy food.

Which of last 3 months household did not have enough.

Food shopping practices:

Frequency of shopping and type of store.

Amount spent at grocery stores, on nonfood items, at specialty stores, and at fast food or carryout places for food brought into the home. Amount of money spent for food bought and eaten away from home.

Planning, shopping, and preparing for meals: Which household members do these tasks?